Festival of Nations Spotlights Culture

The annual Festival of Nations was the place to see, smell, hear and meet the world recently in St. Louis. Tucked away in Tower Grove Park, the setting of Midwest America, the festival paired local influences with the rest of the world, making for a visually captivating weekend. The annual event took place Aug. 26-27.

Matt Williams

Matt Williams, Staff Writer of MBU Timeline, is a sophomore pursuing a major in communication studies as well as a minor in Journalism. Matt is the founder of the not for profit corporation Matt’s Hats. Matt is an avid health food junkie and Steve Jobs fanatic. He hopes to work with companies in their marketing and communications department. His real passion is found in building meaningful company brands, that help people in their everyday lives.

About MBU Timeline

Here are some interesting facts about MBU Timeline, the student news network of Missouri Baptist University.

*The WordPress site has been up since late-fall 2013. We average about 3,000 sessions and about 5,000 pageviews per month.

*Our stories and galleries get as few as 40 or 50 hits, or as many as 8,000 hits.

*We have readers in every state and 93 countries around the world. We have several readers in Brazil, the United Kingdom, India and Australia.

*Most of our readers are in Missouri, followed by Illinois, California and Texas.

*We do not accept advertising as we are a not-for-profit online newsmagazine.

*Our mission statement is: MBU Timeline is the student news network of Missouri Baptist University, a private Christian university that embraces the essential core value of “social change through service and leadership.”

*The Bible verse that drives our mission is 2 Timothy 2:15 (Worldwide English Version): “Tell the true message in the right way.”